To Keep or Not to Keep,That is the Question Addressed by the General Disposal Schedule

Abstract

In this paper the author discusses some of the factors which need to be taken into account when considering the disposal of records. Results of a review of the literature on record retention are presented and key issues affecting the question of record disposal discussed. The author concludes that the cost of indefinite retention of records would greatly exceed the costs associated with the occasional case where defence to an action for damages is handicapped by the absence of records. (AMRJ 1988, 18(3), 107–110).